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SERMON, 

PREACHED IN BEVERLY, 

AUGUST 20, 1812, .., 

THE DAY OF THE 

NATIONAL EAST, 

ON ACCOUNT OF 

WAR WITH GREAT-BRITAIN ; 

AND AGAIN AT 

THE TABERNACLE IN SALEM, 

APRIL 8, 1813, 
THE DAY OF THE 

ANNUAL FAST IN MASSACHUSETTS. 



SERMON. 



Luke xIx. 41, 42. 
And when he was come near, he beheld the 

CITY, and wept over IT, SAYING, If THOU 
HADST KNOWN, EVEN THOU, AT LEAST IN THIS 
THY DAY, THE THINGS WHICH BELONG UNTO 
THY PEACE ! BUT NOW THEY ARE HID FROM 
THINE EYES. 

When our saviour uttered thefe pathetic words, 
he was on his laft journey to Jerufalem. There he 
was going to fhed his blood and lay down his life 
for the redemption and falvation of a loft world. It 
was not a profped of his own fufterings which thus 
afFefted him. Thefe he had always expected, and 
was prepared to meet, with heroic and divine forti- 
tude. But a forefight of the miferies coming upon 
that ungrateful, perfecuting city, by the awful juf- 
tice of God, filled his fympatheticfoul with the live- 
lieft impreffions of grief. He feared not death ; but 
cheerfully led the way to the place of his execution. 
From the mount of Olives he entered the city Jeru- 
falem, riding upon an afs' cok, amidft the loud ac- 
clamations of joy from the whole multitude of his 
difciples. But when the benevolent Saviour beheld 
THE DEVOTED CITY, hc burft into tears. Ponder- 
ina: upon the Jews' wilful obftinacy — their rejection 
of'all the offers of grace, and the utter ruin which 
awaited the city, the temple, and its inhabitants, hc 



wept, with the tendereft compafTion. And he ex- 
claimed, "as with a wifh, or ardent defire," If thou 
hadji known, or, Oh that thou hadft known, in this 
thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace ! The 
Jews' day, here intended, was the time in which 
they had been honoured and favoured with the pre- 
fence of Messiah, their King. This was their day ; 
for Chrift and the firft preachers of the gofpel had 
fpent all their time and labour at Jerufalem. They 
had been taught repeatedly, by Chrift and his apof- 
tles, the things which belonged to xhciY peace, profpe- 
rtiy and happinefs. But they difregarded their mef- 
fage, would not believe their report, nor follow their 
iniirudions. Their hearts were hardened and their 
minds blinded with a fpirit of infatuation. And be- 
ing left Mwditx J} rong dchifions to helicve a lie, they pre- 
ferred falfehood to truth. Thus this once profperous 
city was judicially given up of God ; her day of 
gracious privilege was then expired, — her doom 
was paflbd, and every thing conducive to her wel- 
fare was, in righteous judgment, " hidden from, her 
eyes." When Jcfus approached this devoted place, 
a view from the neighbouring hills awakened, in his 
fympathizing bofom, the iiveliell emotions of pity. 
Though he was about to predicl the entire defolation 
of the city, he did not defire the woful day : — he did 
not delight in the deftruclion even of fuch wicked 
people. And therefore he exclaims, in the language 
of ardent defire, mixed with regret, " Oh, that thou 
had.fi known, in thi:s thy day, the things which belong 
unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes.*' 

The proportions, which we conceive deducible 
from, this paffage, are the following : 

I. Nations and individuals may neglect the things 
which belong to their peace, till their cafe is defpe- 
rate and pall all remedy. 



2. A profpecl of ruin and mlfery coming upon- 
the defpifers of God's mercy, will excite the tendered 
compaflion of all who have the fpirit of Chrift. 

First. Nations and individuals may neglect the 
things which belong to their peace, till their cafe is 
defperate and paft all remedy. Short is the period 
of human life, even though we linger out thieefcore 
years and ten. And fhorter ftill may be the day of 
God's gracious forbearance, and man's favourable 
opportunity to fecure the divine favour. For num- 
bers, in every age, " defpife the riches of the good- 
nefs, forbearance and longfufFering of God ; not 
knowing that his goodnefs leads to repentance: but 
after their hardneis and impenitent heart, they trea- 
fure up wrath againft the day of wrath.'* They put 
far away the evil day, till, by long indulgence, they 
become feared in confcience, and incurably hardened 
in lin. " Becaufe fentence againft an evil work is not 
executed fpeedily, their hearts are fully fet in them to 
do evil." God bears with them from time to tim.e. 
He tries various expedients to turn them from their 
wicked purpofes, to truth and holinefs. He vifits 
hem with mercies and judgments — with v/arnings 
.nd invitations — with threatenings and promiles. 
5ut when they have long turned a deaf ear to all 
lis counfels, flighted his propofals, and undervalued 
his unfpeakable bleffings ; — -when they perfevcre in 
reliiling, quenching and grieving his Holy Spirit, 
they are ripening faft for remedilefs deftruclion. 
For the Lord has exprefsly faid, *' My'Spirit Jlmll not 
always Jlrive with manJ'* The Spirit of God long 
flrove with men of the old world, by inlpiring 
Enoch, Noah and others to preach and to warn them. 
He long and patiently bore with them, notwithftand- 
ing their rebellions, waiting to be gracious. But, at 
lengthp incenfed by their obilinate refiftaiice to the 



warnings of his prophets and the remonftrances of 
their own confciences, he folemnly refolved to leave 
them to be hardened in fin, and to ripen for deftruc- 
tion. In like manner the inhabitants of Sodom and 
Gomorrah, by their filthy and abominable wicked- 
nefs, provoked the Lord, not only to withdraw his 
reftraints, but to make them the monuments of his 
eternal vengeance. The mofl: afl:onifliing forbear- 
ance the Lord manifefied alfo toward the Ifraelites 
in the wilder nefs. Forty years long v*^as he grieved 
with that generation. At length, grown indignant 
by their incelTant murmurings, ingratitude and re- 
bellion, he fware in his wrath that they fhould not 
enter his refi:. Their fliort and limited feafon of 
probation was then clofed, and their fi.ate of eternal 
retribution commenced. 

If we trace the hifi:ory of the feveral kingdoms of 
Judah and Ifrael, we find them fubjecl to frequent 
and alternate changes from profperity to adverfity. 
They were taught, by experience, the truth of that 
divine aphorifm, " When the RiOHTtous are in 

AUTHORITY, THE PEOPLE REJOICE ; BU I WHEN THE 
WICKED BEARETH RULE, THE PEOPLE MOURN." 

"When fuch men as David and Josiah were their 
kings, their times were times of reformation, and 
Providence fmiled upon all their concerns. But 
when fuch as Ahab, Jeroboam and Manasseh ruled 
over them, Providence frowned, wickednefs increaf- 
ed, and the land mourned. In confequence of the 
great wickednefs of the people, their day of gracious 
vifitation was generally fliort — their fun of profpe- 
rity w'as foon covered with a dark cloud of adverfity. 

If v/c defcend to later times, the glory of empires, 
kingdoms and nations appears fi:ill more tranfitory 
and fading. On the page of hifi:ory many of them 
fuddenly arife to view, exhibit a temporary fplen- 
dour, and then quickly difappear, and are feen no 



more. By various maffacres, famines, peftilence and 
revolutionary fcenes, an immenfe multitude of go- 
vernments has arifen, lince the difperlion of the 
Jewifti nation. But their profperity and glory have 
been like " the morning cloud and the early dew." 
Where righteoufnefs has abounded, the nation has 
been exalted ; but when fin has prevailed, it has 
quickly funk in reproach and ruin. Ihis has ever 
been the courfe of providence toward nations ; and 
fuch will ever be its courfe to the end of time. 
Thofe, who make his laws their model, and his word 
their guide, God will blefs and profper ; but thofe, 
who forfake his ordinances and the light of his word, 
he will leave to certain deftru6lion — to perifh with- 
out remedy. Where now are the once flourifhing 
governments of Alia — the birth-place of man, of 
prophets, apoftles, and the Saviour of the world ? 
Alas, they are crumbled to ruins. Once they were 
the theatres of mighty works — the refidence of 
many holy men, and the fcenes of remarkable divine 
interpofition. Jerufalem, that city of folemnities, 
that cradle of God*s antient church, where refided 
the fymbols of his prefencc, is now a heap of ruins. 
It was often and alternately rebuilt and deftroyed by 
contending parties ; but finally, according to the ex- 
prefs prediction of our Saviour, it was utterly de- 
molifhed by Titus. In exact fulfilment of the pro- 
phecy, about forty years after it was uttered, the 
city was razed to the ground ; and its inhabitants 
deftroyed. Indeed, fo complete was the deftruction 
of this renowned city, that not one ftone was left 
upon another ; but turned up by the Roman plough, 
in queft of plunder. This was in righteous judg- 
ment — for their crying fins ; because they would 

NOT REGARD THE THINGS WHICH BELONGED TO 
THEIR PEACE. 

Greece and Rome, once the feats of arts and fci- 
ences, the moll powerful empires and miftrefles of 



tlie world, corrupted, debauched and divided, have 
long fince fallen a prey to favage invaders. A de- 
luge of Ignorance, barbarifm and fuperftition has ef- 
faced the monuments of former learning and mag- 
nificence. Their proud ambition, enormous cruel- 
ties and abominable wickednefs provoked Heaven to 
blot them from the lift of nations. A new race have 
fprung up, to inherit their territory, who have 
formed governments, and had their day of prof- 
perity. Holland, Switzerland, Italy and Germany 
were once independent, free and profperous ftates. 
But not knowing the time of their vifitation — not 
minding the things which belonged to their peace, they be- 
came infatuated, and then fell an eafy prey to " the 
mighty power under whofe iron rod all Europe 
groans" and bleeds at every pore. And they fell, 
not in the high places of the field — not by force of 
arms ; but by blindly yielding to the infidious arts of 
their defigning conquerors. They had drunken of " the 
wine of ailonifliment," by which they were intoxi- 
cated, divided and enfeebled ; and " then their ruin 
became inevitable." — And can we fay that our own 
nation is in no danger from this intoxicating cup, 
of lo ling the things 'which belong to its peace? Alas3 
whatever be the caufe, our profperity and glory are, 
in a meafurc, gone, our peace is fled, and war, with 
all its baneful attendants, is now our portion ! The 
caufe may be traced to our fms, which teftify againil 
us. Thefe have provoked the Lord to anger ; and 
his anger againft fm is the fole caufe of all mifery, 
perfonal and relative, individual and national, tem- 
poral and eternal. The fm-s of profeOing churches 
have often provoked the anger of Heaven to remove 
their candleflick out of its place ; — nations tremble 
for the fame caufe : yea, the whole earth, and crea- 
tion itfelf, groan under the load of man's guilt. The 
judgments of God are abroad in the earth, becaufc of 



the wickcdnefs of men. And when we confider the 
fury and rage, the mutual carnage and deftrudiori 
of nations, does is not appear that they have been 
drinking of the intoxicating cup of God s holy in- 
dignation ? Elfe why are they thus maddened in 
their paffions to wreak their vengeance on one ano- 
ther ? Why does a nation, upon the flighteft pre- 
text, rife up againft nation, fo that " blood toucheth 
blood ?" And does not the compafllonate Saviour 
now weep over this infatuated land ? Does 
he not fay to America, in the language of our text, 
" 0Z>, that thm hadji known, even thou, at leajl, in this 
thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace ! Oh, 
that thou hadft hearkened to my commandments ! 
Then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righ- 
teoufnefs as the waves of the fea/* Had we as a na- 
tion hearkened to the God of our fathers, and to 
the maxims of wifdom contained in his word, this 
had, even now, been our happy cafe. We fhould 
not have been compelled to witnefs " the confufed 
noife of the warrior, and garments rolled in blood." 
Had we, our fathers, our princes and people, all uni- 
ted in maintaining the worfhip of God, and unfeign- 
ed obedience to his laws, our national profperity 
would not have been interrupted. The things which 
belong to our peace would not have been hidden from 
our eyes. The bleflings engaged to Ifrael, while they 
adhered to the fervice of Jehovah, might have been 
expected in this happy land. " Our fons would have 
been as plants, grown up in their youth, — our 
daughters as corner ftones, polifhed after the fitnili- 
tude of a palace. Our garners would have been full^ 
affording all manner of ftore ; — our fheep would 
have brought forth thoufands and ten thoufands in 
our ftreets — our oxen would have been llrong to la- 
bour — there would have been no breaking in nor 



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going out, — no complaining in our flreetg. Happy 
is the people that is in fuch a cafe ; yea, happy is the 
people, whofe God is the Lord." — Such are the bleff- 
ings, which, in the ordinary courfe of providence, 
are generally conferred on nations, whofe rulers and 
people faithfully follow the maxims of the gofpel. 
And fuch happinefs would have been thine, O Ame- 
rica, had this been thy uniform character. But 
how art thou fallen from thy former great nefs I 
How is thy glory departed ! '' How is the gold be- 
come dim, and the $\oik fine gold changed !" Time 
was, when wc were the envy of the world. The fame 
of our independence, freedom and profperity rang, 
through the channels of commerce, to the remoteft 
nations. The wealth of almoft every clime was, 
through this medium, wafted to our fliores. By 
this our national treafury was repleniflied — agricul- 
ture and manufactures flouriflied- — learning and the 
arts advanced with rapid pace, and we were fwiftly 
emulating the greatnefs of the firft in rank in the 
old world. Happy, thrice happy, O Americans, 
had ye known what happinefs was yours — had ye 
regarded the things which belonged to your peace. But 
alas, how are they hidden from our eyes ! We are 
now, 

' 2d. To fliew that a profpecl of ruin and mifery 
coming upon the defpilers of God's mercy will ex- 
cite the tendereft conipaflion of all who have the 
fpirit of Chrift. 

David, that emirxcnt type of our Saviour, exhibits. 
In a lively degree, this fympathetic, chriftian affec- 
tion. " Horror^ fays he, hath taken hold upon me, be- 
caiifc of the wicked that forfake thy law'" " Rivers of 
water run down ?nine eyes, becaufe they keep not thy lawJ* 
" I beheld the iranfgrejfors, and zuas grieved, becaufe they 



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kept not thy ivord^ — Having the fame mind that was 
in Chrift Jefus, he was grieved to the very heart, to 
fee others bUndly rufliing to their own ruin. . x\ vieW 
of their fmful character and awfully dangerous ftate 
filled him with the mingled emotions of grief, indig- 
nation and pity. He mourned the wickednefs of 
men and the diflionour of God, more than his own 
fufferings j and he wept a flood of tears. And no 
one has a right to pretend to the fpirit of Chrift, 
unlefs the fm and mifery of others thus deeply affed 
him. 

To rejoice in another's calamity is the very temper > 
of hell ! To rejoice in the hope and profpeft that his 
calamity will work for his good, is a very different 
thing. This is confiftent with that chriftian benevo- 
lence, which regards our neighbour as ourfelves. If 
fore affliclions appear necefl'ary to humble and re- 
form a bold tranfgreflbr, and feem likely to produce 
that happy effect, then we ought to acquiefce in the 
divine method, and pray for its fuccefs. But to re- 
joice purely in another's diftrefs is inhuman, anti- 
chriftian and diabolical. The benevolent Saviour 
and his infpired funts have taught us a better fpirit, 
and fet us a better example. They mourned and 
wept, even for thofe who thirftcd to fhed their inno- 
cent blood. But though Jefus was a man of for- 
rows, and often groaned and wept in view of fuffcr- 
ing humanity ; yet the bUnd infatuation, pride and 
obftinacy of fmners diftrefled far more his fympa- 
thetic foul. " He looked on the Pharisees with anger, 
being gricjed for the hardnefs of their hearts.*' And 
when he beheld the infatuated city of Jerufalem, in 
fpite of all his counfels, warnings and entreaties, 
rulhing headlong into ruin, his pitiful foul dilTolved 
into tears. And were the Saviour now vifible we 
fliould doubtlefs behold him weeping over the condi- 
tion and profped of our own guilty land! Our 



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peace, profperity and happinefs are on the rapid de- 
cline, and war, adverfity, and a hoft of evils, affumc 
their place. 

Liberty, too, the pride, the darling and boafl of 
Americans, Hke a hunted, pcrfecuted fugitive, feems 
on the point of feeking fome more hofpitable clime. 
Driven from nation to nation, and from one end of 
parth to another, like Noah's dove, ftie can fcarcely 
find reft for the fole of her foot. For a courfe of 
years fhe has found an afylum, protedion and pa- 
tronage in this weftern world. But her refidence 
becomes more and more precarious. For already 
have many begun to treat this celeftial vilitant with 
neglecl, or cold contempt ! 

* [Preferring the unbounded indulgence of licen- 
tloufnefs to the wholefome rcftraints implied in ge- 
nuine liberty, infuriate mobs burft the barriers 
which heaven and earth have raifed for the fecurity 
of Hfe, property and happinefs. The deplorable con- 
dition of a fifter ftate excites the indignant groans 
and fympathy of all the humane — of all the followers 
of the Lamb. That city, which, like Jerufalem, had 
been highly exalted in privilege, wealth and fplen- 
dour, is now doomed to be the prey oftbofe^ who reve- 
rence no laws^ refped no character ^ aridivhofe tender mer- 
cies are cruel. Even the diftant report of their mad- 
dened fury is enough to chill the blood, and freeze 
the foul with horror ! It reminds us of that furious 
mob, who wreaked their vengeance on Stephen, the 
firft chriftian martyr. In his defence before the 
Jewifh council, his pungent dilcourfe cut to the 
heart his violent perfecutors, and they, hke ferocious 
beafts, " gnafhed on him with their teeth.'* 

* The fubfeqiient part of the difcourfe, enclofed in brackets, 
was pronounced with the reft en the firft delivery, but at the 
laft time was omitted, as Icfs pertinent. A few lentences to- 
wards the clofe have alfo been added, which the reader will ex- 

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Being full of the Holy Ghoft, he faw in vifion a 
difplay of heavenly glory. i\nd when he proclaim- 
ed aloud, before his exafperated perfecutors, the glo- 
rious fcene prefented to his view, " they cried out 
with a loud voice, and flopped their ears, and ran 
upon him with one accord.'* Then, with brutal 
ferocity and infernal rage, they " call him out of the 
city, and ftoned him'* to death ! 

A hmilar mob perfecuted the immaculate Saviour 
of the world. They milinterpreted all his words 
and a(n:ions, multiphed their falfe accufations againft 
him, and treated him with every perfonal infult and 
indignity. Nothing, in fhort, would fatisfy their 
bloodthirfty fury, till they had inflicted, upon their 
unoffending victim, the moft ignominious and tor- 
turing death ! 

Thus we fee that human nature is the fame, in all 
periods, 2LnA^erfecuting mohs were known as early as 
the apoflolic age. From their unbridled ferocity 
and horrid mifrule may Heaven preferve us. " 
my foul, come not thou into their fecret ; unto their ajfem- 
bly, mine honour^ be not thou united.^^~\ 

Had we, as a nation, regarded the things tvhich 
belong to our peacc^ fcenes of riot, mifrule and civil 
war had never commenced among us. Had we fol- 
lowed the maxims of the gofpel, in all our private 
and public relations and capacities ; — had we " ftu- 
died the things which make for peace, and things 
whereby one might edify another," we had ftill re- 
mained a united people, owned and blelTed of the 
Lord. But by our various fins we have made God 
our enemy ; and unlefs he turn away his anger, and 
have mercy upon us, we muft alTuredly perilh. We 
humbly hope and truft that " the things which be- 
long to our peace^* are not forever hidden from our 
eyes. We hope a precious remnant may yet be re- 
ferved, for whofe fake God will be entreated to fpare 



a guilty land. Were it not for this pious remnant, 
we had, ere now, been as Sodom and Gomorrah, 
Admah and Zeboim ! 

There is no truth in the Bible more plain than 
this, That it is on account of the righteous God 
bears with wicked nations. Should thefe be all re- 
moved, the wrath of heaven would foon burft upon 
their guilty furvivors. In proportion as this clafs 
are multiplied, promoted, and abound in fruits of 
righteoufnefs, will be the profperity of any people. 
On tiie contrary, the more wickednefs and wicked 
men are increafed and exalted, the more the anger 
of heaven is enkindled, and ruin haftens apace. 

Let our nation turn to the Lord, and bring forth 
fruits meet for repentance. — Let minifters and people 
unite in following the maxims of the gofpel. And 
then, be affured, the doom of Jerufalem fhall not be 
ours. God will be our fliicld, and no weapons 
formed againft us, (hall eventually profper. 

But fliould we go on immindful of the things 
•which belong to our peace — and could we fucceed, 
in conquering the only free nation on earth, except 
our own ;— the nation, who, bad as flie is, is doing 
more than all the world befides in extending the 
word of life and the bleffings of chriftianity, to mil- 
lions ready to peridi !* — Could we fucceed in con- 
quering that nation, which now, under Providence, 
flands between us and ruin — what fhould we gain ? 
Alas, nought but poverty, vice and flavery ;— nought 
but a deadly alliance with that infidel, atheiftical 
power, " whoje armies Jhall foon be affembled at 

* It is faid that the Bible and Mifiionary focieties of Great- 
Britain are paying, as a freewill offering, not lefs than five hun- 
dred thoufand dollars, annually, to promote the gofpel among 
the heathen and others deftitute of the means of religious inftruc- 
tion. And all this in addition to the millions they expend to 
fupport the i^ofpel at h-^mc— See Rev. Mr. Webfter's Thankf- 
giving Sermon, Nov. 26, 1812. 



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Armageddon, and fall hi the battle of the great day of 
God Ahnighty.''* 

The greateft of all earthly judgments, with which 
we could be vifited, would be an intimate confedera- 
cy with infidel powers. For vice, like the plague, is 
contagious. As fure as we become partakers of 
myjiical Babylon's fins, we mufl receive of her plagues. 
Our religion, under God, is our defence and our 
glory. Should this be deflroyed, and atheifm pre- 
vail, then farewell to our peace and happinefs forever ! 

Shall we not all, my friends, imitate the mourn- 
ing Jefus, and weep over our infatuated country? 
-Ocr former glory is departed. " Darknefs covers the 
land^ and thick darknefs the people." Our joy is turn- 
ed into mourning, and our abufed mercies into defo- 
lating judgments. Already, diflrefs wrings many 
a heart, and horrors of thick darknefs brood on 
many a countenance. The arm of induflry is palfied 
by the fickening afped of the times, and anxiety is 
all alive in expectation of fcencs more tremendous ! 
Thoufands of wives, parents, and other connections, 
now feel a dreadful folicitude for hufbands, children 
and friends, who are in danger of falling a prey to 
a provoked enemy. The profpecl that numerous 
widows, orphans and beggars will be multiplied by 
this defolating judgment, muft give pain to every 
heart, that delights not in war and human mifery. 
Our only confolation and hope, in this diftrefiing 
feaibn, are in the government and perfedlions of 
God. But even this hope and confolation we can- 
not ex peel to realize, if our fms continue to teftify 
againft us, and we remain impenitent. The rod of 
divine corredlon will ftill be Itretchcd over us, and 
the befom of deflrudion will fweep us away, unlefs 
we take refuge in the Ark of fafety, unlefs we 
" break off our fms by righteoufnefs, and our ini- 
quities by turning unto God.'* *« The name of the 



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Lord is a flrong tower : the rigliteous runneth into 
it, and is fafe." 

Be- exhorted, my friends, to fecure this refuge, 
and then you need not be afraid of evil tidings. 
<« The righteous Ihall be in everlafting remem- 
brance. He Ihall not be afraid of evil tidings. His 
heart is fixed, trufting in the Lord." Do you wifh 
to avoid Jerufalem's doom, and to fliun the plagues 
of antichriftian defpoilers ? Then beware of thd • 
fafcinating cup. Beware of " the wine of asto- 
nishment." Beivare offnares laid privily for your de- 
Jlrudion, Sell not your birthright for a mefs of pottage. 
Barternot your religion, your Saviour and your fouls, fcr . 
any paltry gratification, which fatter ing irfideh may offer* 
But behold the banner of the Prince of peace. En- 
liii under Chrifl as your Leader and Commander. 
Let his word be your fword, faith your fhield, and 
hope your helmet of falvation. This is the conteft, 
to which we are called. This is the warfare, to 
which the trumpet of tlje gofpel invites you. Join, 
as volunteers, this ftandard, and then, whatever 
be the doom of your country, victory is yours. 

You SHALL COME OFF MORE THAN CONQUERORS,, 

THROUGH Christ, who hath loved us, 

AMEN. 



